Rail joint and fastener.



M. BFFINGER. BAIL JOINT AND .FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1912.

Patented July 2, 1912.

LJ/ETVBNTOI'Q ffiagen WITNBSZES ATTORNEYS spondl ng arts throughout the' several same, Fig. 3 is a cross sectional vlew of the rail oint and fastener, and Fig. 4 1s a per- I spective view of a detached fastener.

f inner sidesofthe rails 3; The edges of the MAGDALENA EFFINGER, F MIDLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL JOINT AND rasrnnnn.

1,031,059. pecifi n of Ileflerslatent- Patented Jnly2, 1912., Application filed April 6, 1912. Serial No. 688,921.

To all whom it may concern:

4 Be it known' that I, MAGDALENA EFFIN- can, a citizen of the United States of Amera, residing at Midland, in the county of eaver and State of Pennsylvania, have ine reference numeral 13 denotes an outer splice bar adapted to brace the outer 65 sldes of the rails .3 and this splice bar has an enlargement 14 provided with a vertical groove 15 adapted to confront the groove 11, and a lug 16-adapted to engage in the recess 10 of the post 9. T e enlargement 7 14, adjacent to the ends thereof, has notches l7 or spikes 18 that are employed for holdmg t e outer side of the chair and the-outer rail fastener.

Afterthe outer fastener has been placed '75 grooves 11 and l5 with the head 20 of the spike engaging a shoulder 21 of the post 9,

said shoulder preventing the spike from -rotating. The lower end of the spike is reduced to form a bolt 22" that extends through the opening 12, and the lower end of the opening'l2 is enlarged, as at 23 to accommodate a nut 24 that is screwed upon the bolt 19.

The lug 16 of the outer fastener cooperthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

porting the confronting ends of rails, and rnish the chair with fasteners that prevent vertical and lateral displacement of the rails held thereby. a v t r objects of my invention are to provide a rail fastener that can be installed in connection with broken rails to preserve the alinement of the broken ends thereof, and to urther' objects of my invention are to rovlde 'a rail chair and fastenerthat is not iable to injury by ordinary use, and to accomplishtheabove results a mechanical he invention resides in the novel construction,'combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein like numerals denote correastener is prevented by the spikes. 18

While in the drawing there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of t e invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible of such variations as fall within the scope of, the appended claim' What I claim is In a rail joint and fastener, the combinationwith ties, and rails, of a chair arranged 10oupon said ties and supporting the conrenting ends of said rails, an inner splice bar formed integral with said chair and racing the inner sides of said rails, a trans verseJ-rib carried by the under side of said chair' between said ties, a post carried by the outer edge of said chair views, in w 1ch:- Figure 1 is a side elevatlon of the rail jointand fastener, Fig. 2 is a plan of the The reference-numeral 1 denotes a rail chair arranged upon-ties 2 andgsupport ng sphce bar 4 are cut away, as at 5 to accommodate spikes 6 that are drlven intothe ties 2 to hold the c air in position.

The chair 1 has a central transversere-I inforcing rib uponthe bottom thereoflnner side thereof provided with a vertical iio groove alining with a vertical opening in said chair and the rib thereof, an outer fas- Q I v 1,031,059

' tenet bracing the onter sidee of said. rails, ends ofjsaid spike 0 prevent vertical disan enlargement earned by sald fastener and placement: of soil spike. I

having a vertical groove formed therem. In testnnony virhe'reof I afiix my signature in the presence oi two witnesses.

confronting thegroove of said post, a lug 5 carried by said enlargement and engagugg MAGDALENA EFFINGER. theJreoess of said ost, a s'pike arranged 1n W1tnesses:

'lnrgement and said WILLIAM S. Cox,

the grooves ofsalde pgpt, end means mounted upon the, lower PATRICK F; Cox.

Commissioner 0! intents,

imm' may be obtained or five cents each, by nddressing'the came; of this 1:

Washington, .0. G. 

